Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber. Earlier post.). which received a $12.8-million

Waste 310

Waste Convert Renewable Fuel 310

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Earlier post.)

Renewable 186

Renewable Carbon Diesel Engine 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

Waste-to-biogas company Anaergia Inc. Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition of organic matter such as food waste. All Anaergia plants use organic waste material to produce biogas, which is composed of methane and carbon dioxide. —Andrew Benedek, Chairman and CEO of Anaergia.

Green 186

Green Supplies Energy Denmark 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Enerkem Inc has received approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to sell cellulosic ethanol produced at its Edmonton, AB, Canada facility under the US Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Enerkem is now registered for D3 Renewable identification numbers (RINs) credits.

EPA 150

EPA Waste Fuel Canada 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2018

The USDA 9003 Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (9003 Program) provides loan guarantees to biorefineries, such as those that Velocys and its partners are developing, which produce advanced biofuels.

Mississippi 170

Mississippi Waste Fuel Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, LLC to finance development of a facility to convert municipal solid waste into advanced biofuels. by Fulcrum, will fully fund construction of the municipal solid waste to renewable transportation fuel facility.

Sierra 253

Sierra Waste Financing New Mexico 253

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem’s new financing round. The closing of this new round of financing, which generated C$53.8

Waste 199

Waste Fuel Companies Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. The hot synthesis gas is quenched and cleaned. Earlier post.)

Florida 186

Florida Financing Renewable Waste 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

New Zealand-based LanzaTech has successfully produced 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD), a key building block used to make polymers, plastics and hydrocarbon fuels, using the company’s gas fermentation technology. LanzaTech has shown 2,3-BD production from waste gas resources in an industrial setting. Jennifer Holmgren. Earlier post.).

Polymer 199

Polymer Waste Building Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2016

with an $11-million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. USDA hopes to finalize loan terms with Novus and Old West by summer.

Oregon 150

Oregon North Carolina Iowa Louisiana 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). by Bill Cooke. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Earlier post.).

Financing 150

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Click to enlarge.

Audi 370

Audi Gas Hydrogen 2013 370

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. gallon with over 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Comstock Inc.,

Production 225

Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Velocys plc announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Velocys Renewables LLC, has entered into its first offtake agreement for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be produced at the planned Bayou Fuels biorefinery project in Mississippi with Southwest Airlines. million tonnes of avoided CO 2 over the term of the contract. Bayou Fuels.

Carbon 170

Carbon Tax Credit Purchase Mississippi 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Buying carbon credits means investing in emission reduction projects that require carbon offsetting financing in order to take place. JetBlue has agreed to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and a pioneer in renewable jet fuel, starting in 2020.

Carbon 150

Carbon 2020 Emissions San Francisco 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. Earlier post.).

Tennessee 199

Tennessee Renewable Commercial Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

Ammonia is a carbon-free fuel and can be produced from renewable electricity. The energy conversion rate of this system is higher than that of biomaterial-based systems, but the production pathway cannot tap into potential energy sources such as waste biomass. Ammonia is just one of the pathways towards zero-carbon emitting vessels.

Fuel 221

Fuel 2019 Singapore Emissions 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) has successfully completed the necessary environmental regulatory process and has been granted a permit to commence construction of a commercial facility to produce biofuels and green chemicals from sorted municipal solid waste in Edmonton, Alberta. Earlier post.)

Waste 150

Waste Commercial Building Grant 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The facility will convert more than 500,000 metric tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas (BioSynGas) every year, using Solena’s proprietary plasma gasification technology. Solena’s fuel-flexible proprietary gasification technology will utilize waste biomass normally destined for landfill. The Solena Group, Inc.,

Renewable 210

Renewable Fuel United Kingdom Commercial 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

has successfully demonstrated the conversion of municipal solid waste (MSW)—household garbage—into jet and diesel fuels. For that process, Fulcrum uses a two-stage thermochemical process involving gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW) followed by the catalytic conversion of the syngas to ethanol. Earlier post.).

Grant 199

Grant Convert Diesel Engine 199

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some of these anti-nuclear forces have recently found a sparring ground with France in drafting the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy , which delineates particular energy sources as “green.” This row over green finance obscures an unfortunate reality: it’s uncertain how the power once generated by fission will be made up if plants go offline.

France 98

France Germany Renewable Spain 98

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

Conversion 308

Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2017

Velocys plc, the developer of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc. lowest-cost, most readily-available waste biomass). TRI), establishing a strategic alliance. Earlier post.)

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Financing Waste Ohio 150

Creative Greenius

MARCH 8, 2009

In a deal brokered by the city’s newly commissioned Citizens Environmental Task Force, Exxon/Mobil, owners of the Exxon/Mobil Refinery in the City of Torrance agreed today to fund a bond that will make low cost financing of solar energy systems for home and apartment owners. 4. Waste & Recycling. Goal of Task Force.

Financing 150

Financing Solar Climate Change Re-Charge 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

These three USDA Rural Development renewable energy programs are authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill). To be eligible for payments, advanced biofuels must be produced from renewable biomass, excluding corn kernel starch, in a biofuel facility located in a state.

Energy 170

Energy Fuel 2008 Waste 170

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to the Environmental Protection Agenc y (EPA), the transportation industry is responsible for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. This year, sustainability reporting and sustainable finance are among the top trends in international businesses.

Transportation 60

Transportation Green Waste Fleet 60

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The inaugural Sundrop Fuels plant will use sustainable forest waste combined with hydrogen from natural gas to produce up to 50 million gallons annually of biogasoline. Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Sundrop Fuels drop-in advanced biofuel is designed to cost as much or less than petroleum-based transportation fuels.

Louisiana 186

Louisiana Fuel Convert Financing 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

via the gasification of biomass waste—into methane. Feedstocks can include more durable material such as woody biomass and wastes that are not broken down in traditional anaerobic digester plants. Few other renewable vectors are as fungible, with so few demand-side constraints. Click to enlarge. Feedstocks.

Cost Of 210

Cost Of Carbon Transportation CO2 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

These newly selected SCALEUP teams will add to previously selected “Fast Track” teams announced in September 2020, who received early funding due to disruptions in the investor and R&D financing communities caused by COVID-19. Basin-SCAN: Basin Scale Continuous oil and gas emissions Abatement Network – $5,000,000.

Li-ion 199

Li-ion Batteries Battery Polymer 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption, distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change. This reform will not apply to our support for clean energy, renewables, and technologies that dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Saudi Arabia 210

Saudi Arabia Fuel South Africa South Korea 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. The authors reviewed more than 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration of renewables by 2050, alongside environmental and social implications; and then reviewed with four of these in-depth.

Renewable 218

Renewable Supplies Global Energy 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Brazil’s Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira and Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) President Luciano Coutinho announced the launch of a new credit line to support projects focused on greenhouse gas reduction and climate change solutions. Renewable energy. Waste with energy potential.

Environment 210

Environment Climate Change Carbon Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

This step will enable CORE to establish an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with an international oil/gas engineering company to define a fixed plant cost. Osprey’s work for CORE will be headed by Alan Crossley, who has more than twenty-five years of experience in the chemical, petroleum, and renewable fuels industry.

Gasoline 170

Gasoline Green Engine Companies 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Axens’ experience in the process engineering and marketing of new technologies for transforming renewable materials. million (US$20 million) in financing as part of the Investing in the Future program. Michelin''s expertise in developing innovative materials that make it possible to deliver more performance features in the same tire.

Production 210

Production France Financing Industrial 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

Just over 85% of mined oil shale was used to produce electricity and heat generation; the rest was turned into shale oil, retort gas and other valuable chemicals. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. Renewable energy is another solution. Overview of Enefit280.

Estonia 236

Estonia Oil Cleaner Jordan 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Other key elements in the proposed budget for the DOE include: Increases funding for applied research, development, and demonstration in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ($2.3 priorities in clean energy and advanced manufacturing, through grants, financing assistance, and tax incentives that accelerate fundamental.

2013 261

2013 Fuel Wind 2012 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Bridging the Emissions Gap report, the second of three being released by UNEP prior to the upcoming Durban meetings ( earlier post ), suggets that accelerated uptake of renewable energy, fuel switching and energy efficiency improvements can deliver a large slice of the necessary cuts. Waste: about 0.8 Bridging the gap.

2020 210

2020 Emissions 2005 Carbon 210